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Friday, November 27, 2015

Here's an invitation to a fund-raising event for Circuit Judge Dan Kemp, opposing Justice Courtney Goodson for the open chief justice seat on the Arkansas Supreme Court.

There's no shortage of conservative business money in this lineup, from Jim Walton and his lobbyist Burt Stacy to Joe Maynard and Brenda Vassaur Taylor, both leaders in the Tea Partyish Conduit for Action organization pushing to, among others, eradicate Obamacare from the land.

Wesley Clark, the retired NATO commander from Little Rock, writes critically today in the Washington Post about Donald Trump as commander in chief.

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What's purported to be a final-words essay from condemned prisoner Kenneth Williams was distributed today by Deborah Robinson, a freelance journalist in Arkansas. He reflects on his execution, his victims, reactions of inmates and big servings of fried chicken, which he says are given to all inmates on execution days.

You want to hear the words of a strong mayor? Read the speech delivered by New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu on the removal of the last of four Lost Cause tributes in the city. THIS is a strong mayor. Brilliant.

The Washington Post has published a map that counts Arkansas as among states that will "partially comply" with a sweeping request for voter data by the so-called election integrity commission set up by Donald Trump in an effort to cast doubt on Hillary Clinton's 3 million-vote popular defeat of him in 2016.

by Max Brantley

Jul 2, 2017

Slideshows

Arkansas vs Ole Miss at War Memorial stadium in Little Rock, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. After leading for much of the game, Arkansas lost 37-33 when Ole Miss scored the game winning Touchdown with less that 2 minutes left.